Pakistan want South Africa Test series

KARACHI - Pakistan is aiming for a home or away Test cricket series against South Africa in October after Australia pulled out of a tour due to security fears, the country’s cricket chief said.
Pakistan are due to play only three Test series over the next two years, hosting India in December-January and then touring Sri Lanka and Australia in 2009.
Australia were due to play three Tests, five one-day matches and a Twenty20 here in March-April but the tour was postponed this month due to a wave of Islamic militant violence across Pakistan.
“The lack of Tests is worrying for us so we have negotiated with a number of countries and are hopeful to either host or tour South Africa for a Test series in October this year,” Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf told AFP.
Pakistan’s Australian coach Geoff Lawson said earlier this month he was surprised at his team’s lack of Test series.
“It is strange that we play only three Test series in two years but I am not responsible for the FTP (Future Tours Programme) and I don’t organise the programme,” Lawson said earlier this month.